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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1995
Birsen Yazici, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Gerald Burt Kliman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A motor current signal is monitored during a learning stage and divided into a plurality of statistically homogeneous segments representative of good operating modes. A representative parameter and a respective boundary of each segment is estimated. The current signal is monitored during a test stage to obtain test data, and the test data is compared with the representative parameter and the respective boundary of each respective segment to detect the presence of a fault in a motor. Frequencies at which bearing faults are likely to occur in a motor can be estimated, and a weighting function can highlight such frequencies during estimation of the parameter.